Largest national study exploring the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ young p...
One of our counsellors saw this survey targeting young people 14yo-21yo who identify as LGBTIQ, and thought it could be something to share on the […]
Research and Reports
'We can still be friends' - is this viable following a relationship breakup...
I don’t write much about romantic relationships, even though I strongly believe (and I think the literature supports) their importance in our overall wellbeing. Romantic […]
Developing wisdom
A while back I became aware of a small body of research looking to whether we can develop wisdom, through intentional strategies, rather that simply […]
Psychological needs, stress, sleep and exams
I’ve talked about psychological needs previously on this blog. Psychological needs are experiences we need in order to grow and have wellbeing. If our psychological […]
Why study and exam stress is probably your friend
I think most of us divide our emotional experience roughly into two categories. The first category is feelings/emotions/moods that we want to have such as […]
Could using your mobile device in lectures impair exam performance?
This is one of a number of articles that I have written in relation to exams. You can get the growing list here. In this […]
Calling all students with Autism
Students on the autism spectrum who have transitioned to university, are invited to participate in a study exploring their experiences of the transition to and […]
Calling all Students with a Learning Disability
I am writing to introduce Marco. A PhD student from Italy, who is visiting our campus. Marco is keen to hear from university students who […]
Orygen survey on young people who experience anxiety
Orygen is the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health. Based out of Melbourne, they are the leading research, training and clinical service provider […]
Mindfulness to increase resilience in university students
Mindfulness meditation is very popular at the moment. Maybe I am just attuned to it because of my profession, but I seem to be hearing […]
Energy drinks and their adverse health effects - by Tim Adler
Tim is a nurse here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services. One of the great things about having Tim on the team is he enjoys […]
How to eat to reduce your likelihood of depression
The idea that you can prevent and treat mental illnesses like depression with diet is only something I’ve noticed gaining momentum over the last 5 […]
How many hours does it take to make a friend?
I couldn’t go past this paper titled “How many hours does it take to make a friend?” by Jeffrey A Hall, published in the Journal […]
Are you a smartphone addict?
Researchers from Monash University are conducting a study on whether “adults who overly engage with smartphones have difficulty inhibiting impulsive behaviours” Basically, is there a […]
The Survey of Australian Wellbeing (SAW) Study: Mapping Australians’ rela...
The Australian Psychological Society is joining with Swinburne University to invite Australians to complete the Online Survey of Australian Wellbeing The purpose of the survey […]
Increase social connections to improve your wellbeing
A lot of university students are unhappy. At least that is the picture being painted by research over the past few years into tertiary student […]
Is the idea of 'finding your passion' unhelpful?
The phrases “Find your passion” or “Follow your passion” are so ingrained in western culture that I’m confident that most people have heard them at […]
One day we might prescribe mobile phone apps for mental health conditions.....
I was sent this paper today and decided to share my thoughts on it straight away. The authors of the paper set out to find […]
The relationship between trauma and mental health
Orygen (the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health) have just released an excellent fact-sheet for young people explaining the links between trauma and […]
Are mindfulness-based interventions useful for common psychiatric disorders...
You can’t go a day without hearing about how mindfulness can treat everything. We use and recommend it here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services, […]
Resilience is not an optional extra
A colleague of mine sent me the following paper – “Embedding resilience within the tertiary curriculum: a feasibility study” by Helen Stallman (who is actually at […]
Mental health strategic plans - helpful or total bulls*#t?
Yes, that is supposed to be a purposefully inflammatory title 🙂 So in case you did not know, South Australia has a Mental Health Commission (MHC). […]
The Golden Triangle of Happiness
The fundamental goal of this blog is to introduce you (the reader) to different ideas, concepts, tools and knowledge that you can use to improve your […]
Social Media and Young People's Mental Health
The term ‘social media’ refers to websites and applications that enable and encourage users to create and share content (e.g. uploading videos to Youtube) or […]